[2] It is owned by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, and houses the visitors center for the Middlesex Fells Reservation.

[2] The Botume House is located in southern Stoneham, set on the eastern shore of Spot Pond, the largest body of water in the Middlesex Fells Reservation.

Its setting also has original landscaping elements, including a pair of entrance posts and a granite wall separating it from Woodland Road.

[3] The property was acquired in 1895 by the Metropolitan District Commission, predecessor to today's Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, which continues to own it.

The MDC was using the house as a supervisor's residence at the time the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.